Timed recording Can it be set up with a HD-cable box to record unattended? What I think could be done is to program the recorder to trcord at the desired time and turn the cable box on, tuned to the desired channel. Does this sound right?Stan Timed recording Can it be set up with a HD-cable box to record unattended? What I think could be done is to program the recorder to trcord at the desired time and turn the cable box on, tuned to... » Read More Timed recording Can it be set up with a HD-cable box to record unattended? What I think could be done is to program the recorder to trcord at the desired time and turn the cable box on, tuned to the desired channel. Does this sound right?Stan « Show Less
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Yes, I do it all the time. I turn the TV and HD box on set on the channel I want to record, then set up the timer recording (I always use the Auto mode so it uses the whole disc and makes for a better picture). After everything is set to go, I turn off the TV while leaving the HD box on. Works like a charm!
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I have the same problem, I can do a one time recording but not a timed recording. According to the instruction manual set up for time recording and set input on/standby switch to standby. What am I doing wrong.
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The manual says you can program up to 12 different programs. I can't find anything that allows you to tell it what channel???My old VHS tape player did it and to my knowledge it did not have a built in tuner.
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So why mine doesnt work , when I do the same. On the timed recording. I can quick record just cant time record .???
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No. The computer has to be running. The computer sets the channel and starts the recording. The recording is stored on the computer's hard drive. It is certainly possible for the computer to wake itself at the required time and start the recording. Setting it up to wake itself may require some work.
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While watching from (or via) the Magnavox (output to my TV), I am only able to watch a program pre-recorded on the HDD/DVR at the same time that another program is being recorded. Cannot tune to more than one station at a time (to record one, while attempting to watch another). . .Not sure I quite understand J. Kavanaugh's answer, but sounds like something cool to learn to do!
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First, this is a tuner - not a recorder. The recording option will be provided by software on your computer like Windows Media Center or Myth TV (Linux). Second, it will only tune unencrypted QAM (or Clear QAM) channels.
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I previously owned a Toshiba DVR that would record,to the hard drive,all cables channels.That was in the analog days.The previously mentioned DVD/VCR recorder will not record anything to DVD or video tape that is on certain cable channels (Discovery,for example).It contains a QAM digital tuner. Are you saying that the Magnovox MDR515H will not record the copyguarded channels,even to it's hard drive ? I do not intend to attempt to make DVD copies,just time shift programming.I know,of course,the DVRs provided by the cable company will do this with all channels provided.
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No... I don't have it connected to my computer at all times... only when I want to record something of my DVR. But, this means you cannot automatically schedule recordings.
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Not sure I understand this question. This is converter box for Tv channels no recorded files at all.
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So did you ever solve your tuner problem? I hooked mine to my cable box to record programs that would fill in my cable co. DVR or did you try connecting this to one of the $40 government ATSC to analog boxes?
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You don't wanna do that. Even if you could get it to work, it wouldn't select channels by itself, you'd have to manually change the channel on the digital converter box to whatever you want to record next. Plus, it'd all be low-def. To record from a rooftop antenna to a DVR, you need a DVR with an ATSC tuner -- or, preferably, several ATSC tuners so you can record multiple channels at once. Since everybody using a rooftop antenna can't live without such a DVR, there are zillions to choose from -- NOT! I dunno what's wrong with this market, but finding such a DVR is ridiculously difficult. I have two. The first and best is the Channel Master CM-7000PAL, which has two tuners and therefore can record two programs at once in full HD. The other is a Magnavox MDR515H which only has one tuner and only records in low-def, although it's still widescreen and a very good fidelity low-def so it's quite watchable. It also can record on a rewritable DVD which would be nice when the HD fills up, but being low-def it has 250 hours of space on the HD so it'll never fill up. Last I heard, one or both of these models are NLA -- but that *might* be because they've introduced new and better models. Channel Master, for example, was supposed to introduce a 3-tuner model. I'm sorry the options aren't better. I'd very much like to find out why the market for ATSC DVR's is suppressed and throttle somebody.
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Was going to buy for my mom, but wanted to verify that you can record TV programs without a built in tuner which is the case in this unit. Mom has cable but no cable box Jon T , did your situation work?
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I've never encountered your situation, but it seems to me that any signals that enter the recorder should record ... if you have a cable that goes from HDMI to RCA. Good luck!
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If you're receiving digital signals through your antenna, there is a limited TV guide for each station. Unfortunately it is not as good as the guide that shows up with a cable company's DVR. Some stations only list programs up to a few hours beyond the time you access the guide while other stations guides go for up to 48 hours beyond the current time. Kind of frustrating for shows you want to record that are a few days or more out from your current time. You could access tvguide.com from your computer and write down the dates/times of those shows and manually program recording times for them on the DVR.
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yes, you can record to a DVD with either the set time program feature or by just clicking 'record'. There are two buttons, one for HDD which records to an internal hard disk and one for DVD which records to a DVD disk. You can also dub a show you recorded in the HDD mode on to a DVD. It's a pretty cool set up and I like it better than my cable company's DVR box because it will record something like 100+ hours on the HDD mode so you are not having to always delete a show for space. You need to set up the DVD function to finalize the show you recorded so it can be played on any DVD player. I set mine up to do this automatically which is very simple. The instruction book is easy to understand. Don't forget to take the plastic protective skin off of the remote, it isn't very apparent and it is hard to read the writing on it if you don't remove it.
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You can record TV shows onto the Tivo HDD. They are encrypted so you can copy them someplace else. TIVO is always recording which is why you can pause live TV, or if a show is playing on a channel it's already on, and you missed 30 minutes, you can hit record and it'll record from the beginning onward. if you change the channel that data would get tossed and it'll start recording on the new channel, just in case you want to do that again or just pause live tv to take a piss break or get something to eat. Nothing any other DRV can't also do. Netflix is different. You're not recording content from your Antenna, you're streaming a program from a service. In this case it's Netflix. You are only streaming it directly from Netflix. Nothing is getting recorded to the HDD. It's no different then if you were using a ROKU Box, or a Chromecast, or watching on your computer.
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The owner's manual definitely covers connecting the VCR to a cable box. It also appears the VCR is an analog system. I don't use mine for recording TV - I use a DVR.
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I was curious about this too. With old VCR units in the past, you could set the VCR to a public station like channel 3 and have it record from the TV tuner itself.Perhaps one could use a cable box output via coax to this unit and set the unit tuner to channel 3 or similar. This would however remove any automatic facets unless you set your EyeTV software to record channel 3, and make sure the cable box was set to the correct channel ahead of time.Anyone know if this would hold true?
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Yes, you will be able to set up recording of programs off the air ahead of time but the feature does not work the way you would expect. In my tuner, the calendar is a few days behind the actual date and I always need to correct programming for that offset. The other inconvenience is that the tuner does not automatically takes the channel number and the time from the program guide. I need to set up recording manually. To make HD TV recording it is important to use a fast USB 3.0 hard or flash drive. I am using PNY flash drive with 130MB/s writing speed and it provides high quality HD recording.